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A historical exhibition that opens on April 12 at London’s V&A Museum will illustrate how the three Cartier brothers attracted their inspiration from afar and broad, past and present.
All three were thirsty travelers and art book collectors for early civilizations, and this curiosity was to inspire a new style of jewelery. They were the first in modern times, though a century ago, that attracted the past to make something fresh and modern, lush, their, inspired by Mughal, Mughal’s fruits Jewels, being a key example.
Louis Cartier and his stylists were deeply thrown into their exploration of other cultures and their history in order to gain inspiration for their jewelers.
Old civilizations have long inspired jewelery stylists. In Europe, the medieval jewelery was influenced by Byzantium models, while styles in Eastern Europe reflected the ornaments that made its way along the Silk Road during the Renaissance.
In the modern world, the Dolce & Gabbana Alta Gioilleria collections attract the Renaissance by recreating miniature portraits from the era, using the same techniques. These portraits – of figures such as Italian nobles Beatrice d’Este – then placed with jewelery and dressed as large pendants, as much as they would have been during the Renaissance.
The brand has included other historical elements in its high collection of Greeks inspired jewelery, such as micro-mosaics or authentic Hellenistic coins. The collection is on the show by April 2 at the brand From the heart in hand Exhibition at Grand Palais in Paris.
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In Athens, Ilias Lalaounis spent 60 years building a museum displaying classic Grecian and Byzantium treasures that became the soul of the Lalaouunis brand. “The essence of our creations is deeply rooted in ancient Greece, a rich source of inspiration throughout its history, from the Neolithic times to the Byzantine era,” says Demetra Lalaounis, the director and daughter of the founder. “Living in Greece, inspiration is around us; we breathe and live it every day.”
Drawing on ancient, handmade techniques, such as hand -woven filigree and hand -made finishes, her sister Maria Lalaounis, brand creative director, volume and superficial gold experiments to create pieces with modern aesthetics that feel very worn and are very worn.
As with Lalaounis, cultural heritage can have a powerful impact on the designer: most of the jewelery by Krishna Choudhary and Santi contains valuable treasures from the Jaipur family archive. It refers to the 16th and 17th century Mughal design discipline in geometry and metal patterns in which these jewels are placed, forming modern heritage. “I want to be unconventional, I think as a jewel can be more approachable and delicate, but I still have the mughal soul,” Choudhary says.
For example, it has an impressive impressive diamond in what can be considered a hexagonal industrial style environment for a pendant, but the model is inspired by Mughal. It also plays in the use of metals finished by mat, mainly dark titanium with little gold of rose, for modernity.
“I am always researching the stones, the design, review and reimagation of models and placing them in a different context in terms of color, and positive and negative space, perhaps inspired by Mughal architecture and a contemporary art exhibition,” says Chouhary, explaining his ideas for Cartouche-Design.
The materials of the old world collection by Glenn Spiro and his son Joe illustrate the innovative way the pair combine unique stones with ancient artifacts to create wonderful modern jewelry. They share an eye to magic for interesting elements, such as the golden decoration of Baoulé from West Africa and ancient amber jewelry suspended in a torque that is a design rooted in classic antiquity.
“We work with many generators and family traders, usually in Europe, but sometimes you have to travel far and wide to find extraordinary things,” says Joe Spiro. “We spend an obsessive time of time helping these materials.”
A certain pleasant irreverence for Spiro materials marks their work. “I think when you find a mixture between the old and the new or black and white, the relationship is symbiotic,” Joe says.
The idea of using something ancient to create a new treasure is not limited in Europe. Hong Kong -based jeweler Austy Lee goes to ancient fairs in Japan to feed on the elements he can use in his jewelers. Artifacts such as Japanese Menuki, Shakdo, Lac and Satsuma-Care are combined with gems in modern, extremely detailed earrings and brooch.
“My custom to collect antique stems from the fact that every ancient is an excerpt of history and culture,” Lee says. “It contains the cultural essence of different ethnic groups and the unique understanding and interpretation of the author of that culture.”
He throws himself into the study of these subjects and by exploring them often leads to bold and innovative ideas for new creations. Thus, from ancient treasures, new heritage is born.
